The 2016 Republican presidential primary has been – in a word – unpredictable. Ink and airtime have been monopolized by a confounding...

A century has passed since the first woman was elected to the United States Congress, but that timespan has yielded little progress in...

BPR is covering the lecture by Ambassador Chas Freeman on the ability of America to shape international politics, and how that has...

Is it Super PACs or the liberal media that’s corrupting Washington? While most presidential candidates recognize the American political...

Seen most profoundly in the 2014 Hobby Lobby Supreme Court case, and iterated frequently in both political rhetoric and legal decisions,...

“Festive atmosphere – celebrations largely peaceful.” Such was the German police’s summary of New Year’s Eve in Cologne on the morning of...

Jun, an eighteen-year-old student from a Tokyo suburb, was in despair. He had just failed the entrance examination for the national...

The following are two separate interviews presenting contrasting opinions on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, commonly known as...

John Sopko is Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. He has worked as a prosecutor in Ohio and served in the Senate...

It is hard to go a day without thinking about the strange weather that has graced this winter so far. In 2015, major cities across the...

It was hard to ignore CNN’s attempts to publicize the most recent Republican debate. The cable news channel released an ad nearly a month...

For the last three decades, anti-debt polemics have been the cause célèbre of self-styled “fiscal conservatives.” Over the course of...

On a tense Friday last August, two teenagers shed tears in a Concord, New Hampshire courthouse. One was Owen Labrie, a 19-year-old...

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. is the New York County District Attorney. As District Attorney, Vance has removed of thousands of illegal firearms...

John Sculley is the former CEO of Apple Computer, Inc. He began his career at Pepsi-Cola Company, where he became the company’s youngest...

Jack Reed (D-RI) is the senior United States Senator from Rhode Island. A decorated veteran, Reed has served in the Senate since...

Gina McCarthy is the Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency. Prior to being nominated for the post by President Obama in...

Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo is a Cuban fiction writer, blogger and photojournalist. Author of five books of fiction, columnist for Diario de...

Stephen Kinzer is a veteran New York Times correspondent, author, and academic. He has filed stories from over 50 countries, and served...

Stacie Blake is the Director of Government and Community Relations for the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants. She has...